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The macro requests are defined below. Many troff requests are unsafe in conjunction with this package, however, these requests may be used with impunity after the first .pp:
.bp begin new page .br break output line here .sp n insert n spacing lines .ls n (line spacing) n=1 single, n=2 double space .na no alignment of right margin .ce n center next n lines .ul n underline next n lines
Output of the pic, eqn, refer, and tbl preprocessors is acceptable as input.
Request Initial Cause Explanation Value Break
.(c - yes Begin centered block .(d - no Begin delayed text .(f - no Begin
footnote .(l - yes Begin list .(q - yes Begin major quote .(x
x - no Begin indexed item in index x .(z - no Begin floating
keep .)c - yes End centered block .)d - yes End delayed text .)f - yes End
footnote .)l - yes End list .)q - yes End major quote .)x - yes End index
item .)z - yes End floating keep .++ m H - no Define paper section.
m defines the part of the paper, and can be C (chapter),
A (appendix), P (preliminary, e.g., abstract, table of
contents, etc.), B (bibliography), RC (chapters renumbered
from page one each chapter), or RA (appendix renumbered from page
one). .+c T - yes Begin chapter (or appendix, etc., as set by .++).
T is the chapter title. .1c 1 yes One column format on a new page.
.2c 1 yes Two column format. .EN - yes Space after equation produced by
eqn or neqn. .EQ x y - yes Precede equation; break out
and add space. Equation number is y. The optional argument x
may be I to indent equation (default), L to left-adjust the
equation, or C to center the equation. .GE - yes End gremlin
picture. .GS - yes Begin gremlin picture. .PE - yes End pic
picture. .PS - yes Begin pic picture. .TE - yes End table.
.TH - yes End heading section of table. .TS x - yes Begin table; if
x is H table has repeated heading. .b x no no Print
x in boldface; if no argument switch to boldface. .ba
+n 0 yes Augments the base indent by n. This indent is used to
set the indent on regular text (like paragraphs). .bc no yes Begin new
column .bi x no no Print x in bold italics (nofill only)
.bu - yes Begin bulleted paragraph .bx x no no Print x in a
box (nofill only). .ef
´x´y´z´ ´´´´ no Set
even footer to x y z .eh
´x´y´z´ ´´´´ no Set
even header to x y z .fo
´x´y´z´ ´´´´ no Set
footer to x y z .hx - no Suppress headers and footers on next page. .he
´x´y´z´ ´´´´ no Set
header to x y z .hl - yes Draw a horizontal line .i x no no Italicize
x; if x missing, italic text follows. .ip x
y no yes Start indented paragraph, with hanging tag x.
Indentation is y ens (default 5). .lp yes yes Start left-blocked
paragraph. .np 1 yes Start numbered paragraph. .of
´x´y´z´ ´´´´ no Set
odd footer to x y z .oh
´x´y´z´ ´´´´ no Set
odd header to x y z .pd - yes Print delayed text. .pp no yes Begin
paragraph. First line indented. .r yes no Roman text follows. .re - no Reset
tabs to default values. .sh n x - yes Section head follows, font
automatically bold. n is level of section, x is title of
section. .sk no no Leave the next page blank. Only one page is remembered
ahead. .sm x - no Set x in a smaller pointsize. .sz
+n 10p no Augment the point size by n points. .tp no yes Begin
title page. .u x - no Underline argument (even in troff).
(Nofill only). .uh - yes Like .sh but unnumbered. .xp x - no Print
index x.
September 4, 2005 | 3rd Berkeley Distribution |